Courtesy (Nov, 1940)
Courtesy
We want your telephone service to be good and quick and cheap. But there’s more to it than that. We want it to be courteous too.
No matter what the occasion, there’s always time for a cheery “please” and a pleasant word of thanks. That is the Bell System way. It is one of the fine traditions of the telephone business.
BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM
PREPAREDNESS—THE BELL SYSTEM IS PREPARED TO DO ITS PART IN THE NATION’S PROGRAM OF NATIONAL DEFENSE
In Canada, Bell just got fined for hiring telemarketers that not only broke the anti-telemarketing laws, but also have been swearing at people and in at least one case, threatening to kill someone they called.
Comment by Toronto — January 20, 2011 @ 11:25 am
Back in the days when “Ma Bell” was considered nice and had an absolute monopoly.
Comment by Kosher Ham — January 20, 2011 @ 12:28 pm
This is certainly better than “We’re the Phone Company, we don’t care, we don’t have to”
Comment by Neil Russell — January 20, 2011 @ 3:55 pm